When I received an invitation from Lexus to take a road trip down the Northern California coast to watch the 2019 U.S. Open, the golf geek in me was truly excited. But then came the icing on the cake – about halfway through the trip, I was going to spend a day at Laguna Seca – one of the nation’s greatest racing circuits; and I’d get to learn the course in Lexus’ most powerful and impressive performance cars, the GS F, the LC 500, and the RC F Track Edition.

When I think of hatchback cars, I think of getting rides home from school in the old AMC Pacer that my friend’s mom drove. On the coldest days, sitting in the back seat while the car was getting pelted with snowballs by the older kids, I thought to myself, “WE don’t have a hatchback… I would never be able to see these snowballs coming without this big window back here.”

Have you ever had a dream that was so vivid that when you wake up, you feel like you’re still in it? This just happened to me – the other morning I woke up from a dream about pick-up trucks.

Volvo is a beloved brand that has a reputation for being safe, family-oriented and durable for many decades. That’s a pretty nice feather in their cap, but how has the brand adapted as time has passed to the consumers who demand progressively plusher details in their automobiles to reflect their lifestyles?